captainballs
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Book>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>movie, great book
I always wondered what gave orwell the inspiration to write that book. My guess would be English bureaucracy. Does anyone know?
He was stationed in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and was able to observe how the winning faction was, at any given time, fully aware of the need of the enemy to maintain moral authority over civilians. He witnessed propaganda campaigns at the same time as dinner was shared between opponents, as if the war was just a game being perpetrated during assigned hours.
Also, he worked at a Ministry of Information job very similar to that of Winston Smith's.
The pain and hospitalization from being shot in the throat by a sniper probably inspired the passages relating to organized torture and general helplessness.
I think most of that is correct, but probably missing a lot of important details that make it pretty obvious that this is definitely the guy who would write 1984.